Review of Existing Scoring Systems for Massive Blood Transfusion in Trauma Patients: Where Do We Stand?

Conclusions: The current prevailing practice that is best described as institutional or provider centered should be supplemented with score-based protocol with auditing and monitoring tools to refine it. This review summarizes the current scoring models in predicting the need for MT in civilian and military trauma. Several questions remain open; i.e., do we need to develop new score, merge scores, modify scores, or adopt existing score for certain trauma setting?
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